He was very good in sitcoms and was, from what I gather, a very likeable bloke too.

Sadly, his performance in Doctor Who might be the worst performance in the whole of Classic Who - surely the worst villain. Fortunately, and probably not surprisingly, no one's showing it in tributes to him today.

Sadly, his performance in Doctor Who might be the worst performance in the whole of Classic Who - surely the worst villain. Fortunately, and probably not surprisingly, no one's showing it in tributes to him today.

I haven't. I always think of Sheila Hancock as the villain in that story. The Kandyman is more of a badly conceived monster. Nobody could give a good performance dressed as a liquorice allsort in all fairness.